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The upcoming election season, beginning with local polls in May, has the potential to disrupt the fragile political settlement that has held since the 2000 Arusha peace agreement…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198594
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Despite creeping atrocities carried out by state actors, acts of violence targeting government figures and high-ranking National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217221
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Prospects for East Africa in 2017.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216311
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The decision was the latest move by the government to spurn international involvement in its political crisis. Relations between Burundi and the ICC have been deteriorating since…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214622
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Succession politics ahead of Burundi's 2020 election.
The assassination is the latest in a series of violent incidents linked to an ongoing political crisis in the country. Results from a recent party congress of the ruling National…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213658
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It is aggressively silencing dissent, and on May 4, the government announced a six-month ban on BBC and VOA broadcasts within the country. If passed, the reforms could allow…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB233600
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Violence has increased significantly since President Pierre Nkurunziza was inaugurated in August. The country is under growing international spotlight as fears are growing that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206685
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This move, which was evidently coordinated and timed to coincide with President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s Brussels visit during the EU-African Union Summit, represents a major…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267546
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The ICC's move came two days before Burundi became the first ever nation to withdraw from the ICC. Burundi’s decision to withdraw is the latest example of its largely successful…